Marc Behrens is one of those sound artists who is seldom afforded the level of recognition he deserves, consistently releasing brilliant contemporary musique concrète for well over a decade now via labels such as Trente Oiseaux, Sirr and Raster Noton. This latest release is another stunning collection of digital electroacoustic dissections, offering a portrait of …
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“Lectures†reviewed by Monsieur Delire
A strange record, very delicate. At first, it sounds like a lecture with instrumentalists illustrating what the lecturer says – all acoustic. Yes, but, isn’t Polish soundsman Piotr Kurek an electronician? And isn’t Portuguese label Crónica specialized in sound art? Exactly. And Lectures is actually a work made with sounds lifted from recordings by Cornelius …
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“Compilation Works 1996-2005†reviewed by Skug
Eine Art Opus Magnum des deutschen Ultraminimalisten. Die Compilation bringt 19 Stücke als Behrens’ erste VÖ zum Gratis-Download, auf der Crónica-HP gibt es die Möglichkeit, nach freiem Ermessen dafür zu spenden. In einem ähnlichen Klangkosmos wie F. López oder Bernhard Günter unterwegs, sind es bei Behrens die technischen Applikationen selbst, die die von ihm nur …
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“Lectures†reviewed by The Wire
After an opening passage of music, the unmistakable voice of Cornelius Cardew is heard, refined and almost prissy in lecture mode: “I don’t know how many of you are musically educated…” before going on to explain how indeterminacy might be applied in a performance situation, material specified or elided, rules to be followed, broken or …
“Lectures†reviewed by Vital Weekly
The other new CD is an odd-ball, certainly for a label like Cronica Electronica, who deal with laptop music and electronics. I have no clue as to what Piotr Kurek does to generate his music. Sometimes it seems like improvisations on acoustic percussion (such as in ‘Part 1’) but then something like ‘Tripartite’ could very …
“Erotikon†reviewed by Vital Weekly
Jorge Mantas, the man behind The Beautiful Schizophonic, is a romantic man – at least that’s what I think, as I never met him. For the press release he wrote a long text, dealing with erotics – and thus he creates a dreamworld of his own. His music, through the years he’s been active, is …
“Lovely Banalities†reviewed by Kwadratuur
‘Lovely Banalities’ is de tweede cd-release van Litouwer Gintas KraptaviÄius (kortweg Gintas K) op het Portugese Crónica-label. In 2006 bracht hij het dubbelalbum ‘Lengvai / 60 x One Minute Audio Colours of 2kHz Sound’ uit, waarbij hij onder het goedkeurende oog van de verzamelde gespecialiseerde pers een cd met experimentele, minimale microtechno koppelde aan een …
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Rif Raf profiles Crónica
Porté sur les fonds baptismaux en 2003, le label portugais Crónica est véritablement issu de la rencontre entre les musiques électroniques et les cultures digitales. A l’instar des multiples installations et collaborations qui entrecroisent monde des arts plastiques, pratiques scéniques et univers musical, la maison de Porto s’inscrit dans une démarche souvent radicale, certes. Elle …
“Compilation Works 1996-2005†reviewed by Scala Tympani
Musicien électronique expérimental, concepteur d’installations, photographe, vidéaste, créateur d’objets, Marc Behrens est un artiste complet. En réunissant ces 19 titres auparavant disséminés sur autant de compilations, le label portugais Crónica permet de retracer pour la première fois une bonne partie de son parcours sonore. Imperceptiblement ou presque, depuis une quinzaine d’années, s’amoncelle un corpus de …
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“Compilation Works 1996-2005†reviewed by Rockerilla
Una doppia compilation che raccoglie il materiale registrato da Marc Behrens tra il 1996 e il 2005. Il primo album autorizzato dall’autore ad essere pubblicato solo in formato digitale. Si tratta di una raccolta di materiale in gran parte edito precedentemente su compilation quindi l’ascolto nell’insieme risulta decisamente discontinuo nonostante l’omogeneità di fondo. La prima …
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